The Washington Wizards did everything they could to keep Isaiah Thomas from going off on them Wednesday night. Those three pillars of success , more than anything, allowed Boston to assert control in the first quarter and never look back in handing the Wizards a 123-101 thumping in Game 5.

The referee has also had a run-in with United manager Jose Mourinho before when the manager criticised him for failing to award Chelsea a penalty in their Champions League clash with Dynamo Kiev in October 2015. "But I have to play them mixed". "I didn't see the red card incident but Eric was phenomenal". Former Manchester City striker John Guidetti spurned a golden opportunity in the last kick of the game, meaning United just about progressed to the final by the skin of their teeth.

The 7-foot-3 Tavares, who was signed on the final day of the regular season, broke his hand during an informal scrimmage Thursday. Cleveland brought in Tavares after it lost center Andrew Bogut for the season because of injury, but he has not appeared in any of the team's eight playoff games.

Liverpool's night got off to a hard start when Philippe Coutinho was forced off early after suffering a dead leg following a tackle from Adrian Mariappa inside four minutes. But this is why we can't entirely check out of even the worst soccer matches. "I didn't think too much, to be honest". Liverpool were denied a second late on when Watford goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes thwarted Daniel Sturridge, while a last-gasp volley from Watford's Sebastian Prodl crashed against the visitors' ...

He drove for a layup before inexplicably throwing the ball into a sea of San Antonio Spurs . "We didn't have the juice". The Spurs dominated the hustle stats, winning virtually every 50-50 ball, as well as the box score . I take responsibility for it, both ends of the floor. The Houston Rockets season as we know it is over and we'll all be wondering what the hell happened in Game 6 .

Conte, who took charge at Chelsea after leaving Italy at the end of Euro 2016, says switching to a three-man defence in the wake of a 3-0 defeat by Arsenal in September was pivotal to the Blues' season. The Italian giants will offer the Premier League title-winning boss a £20million-a-year deal to become the best-paid boss on the planet alongside Manchester City's Pep Guardiola.

After Trump approved the arms supply to support a campaign to retake the Syrian city of Raqqa, Erdogan told a news conference he wanted to believe that Turkey's allies would side with Ankara and not with "terrorist organisations". The growing USA involvement in Syria's civil war stands in sharp contrast to the caution adopted by former President Barack Obama and has alarmed officials in Damascus and its backers in Tehran.

Aldridge was the linchpin, posting 34 points and 12 rebounds, but he had plenty of help as the Spurs set up a date opposite the Golden State Warriors. But the Rockets series was a cautionary tale, a reminder that Popovich's stubbornness usually pays off. But he already had plans to make the Rockets a team that could make the significant step from a good, 55-game victor to a contender.

Mixed martial arts champion Conor McGregor has been given a Sunday deadline to agree to fight retired boxing great Floyd Mayweather, Ultimate Fighting Championship president Dana White said. Round one begins and Poirier misses with a right hand. This time he dropped to a knee, putting his hand fully on the mat, and Alvarez drove another knee into the side of his head.

Speaking after the game , Wenger told Standard Sport: "I didn't plan to take him off". "All I can do is give my best". With Chelsea already crowned champions, the race for who qualifies for next season's Champions league will go down to the wire as just three points separates Manchester City (3rd with 72 points), Liverpool (4th with 70 points) and Arsenal (5th with 69) with just two games left.